Pure Splendor Civil Selection: What Set North and South Apart?

The Imperial Demon Hunters Office.

Su Che looked at the long stretch of buildings in the distance. For a moment, he felt as though seas had turned to mulberry fields.

Several nervous men in blue stood outside the office. Clean-shaven and pale, with gauze caps on their heads, they watched Su Che uneasily.

Eunuchs?

Third Young Master Su swept his gaze over them and immediately sensed something unusual.

There was something missing from them.

Su Che walked forward slowly, an air of slaughter about him. He no longer concealed his Reverted Elixir cultivation, and his chilling intent to kill sent a shiver through the surrounding air.

"Lord Marquis. I am Chen Ning, vice director of the Bureau of Palace Treasures. I pay my respects to you."

A low, hoarse voice sounded. An old eunuch in blue emerged slowly from behind the gate. His face was as smooth as a young man's, but his hair was white as snow.

Dressed in blue with a jade belt and a black gauze cap, he hid the keen light in his eyes. He, too, had cultivated martial arts to the Sixth Grade.

Su Che looked at him.

"Have we met?"

"Of course not. You are a distinguished son of the Su Clan, Lord Marquis, while I am merely an old servant in the palace. How would I ever have had the chance? But I came south on your account, under orders to proclaim an imperial decree. You happened to return to the Yellow Heaven Sect, which delayed me. I did not expect to meet you here today. You there, go fetch the decree."

The old eunuch in blue, Chen Ning, smiled. "Perhaps you have not heard, Lord Marquis. The court has issued a decree granting you further honors. You are to be made Marquis